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At least not yet. haha
So we still won't be getting any new young and attractive female greeters at Walmart?
Didn't you know I became 20 again!
Thank you for this news Jay.
I finally dug into this and the article was actually much shorter than I was expecting. I was preparing myself to read an almost medical journal kind of piece. They're not for the faint of heart as I've dug into those kinds of JAMA-like or Lancet-like articles before on medical topics that were of great personal interest to me. I usually have to call upon all of my high school Latin vocabulary to be able to follow half of what they're talking about. lol This one is a very easy read in layman's terms.
I don't mean to downplay the significance of this, and I hope, hope, hope, that it leads us to the Promised Land. But I, like many of you, have become so jaded and cynical about what medical science can do about HIV. I remember hoping back in 1986 when they said the Reagan administration was allocating $1 Billion to AIDS research that it meant there was hope for finding either life-saving treatments, a vaccine, or even a cure by the end of the decade. And all those hopes and dreams were crushed by the intense fear we lived through either for the sake of and the safety of our own lives, the number of friends' funerals we went to, our friends went to, and the obituaries we had to read all the way through the rest of the 80's, the 90's and beyond.
So I'm hopeful about an HIV vaccine. But my whole lifetime has taught me to be very guarded in my optimism. The protease inhibitors were a great step in the right direction for keeping people alive. We have PreP now. But it's not the magic bullet we're hoping for that can be given to the whole population with relative safety. It has many side effects such as being potentially very toxic to the liver and kidneys. And it doesn't come close to promising nearly 100% immunity.
I personally carry so many psychological scars, grievances and demons from living through the HIV plague that it's difficult for me to hope that there might really be an end in sight. And I'm HIV- myself. But at what cost? The cost of being nearly celibate during the peak of my sexual prime and youthful beauty. The cost of me turning down sex with several great guys I really, really wanted to be intimate with...but was scared to death to follow through with. Maybe I passed up my Prince Charming (who might also have been HIV-) who I could have shared a wondeful life with. And I sabotaged the budding relationship(s) very simply out of fear of the plague.
But is this finally the time we really can be hopeful? Or at least be the beginning of getting on the right track to take us to the Promised Land of a safe and nearly 100% effective vaccine? I'd like to hope so. *Sigh*
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Tampa I agree. The medical profession is still more art than science. While I lucked out with my surgeon for my cancer who was a world renowned one, what saved me was my top shape, great diet and good genes oh yes I never dwelled on it.. As I said be4 when I was struck with my illness , the fatality rate was 99% & my doctor did not believe I would survive with good reason. That is why one should never give up hope . That is said perhaps to temper your thoughts a bit even as I agree with you. We humans often say contradictory things, but this topic is.
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This is a short film that I've shared (or have had shared with me) several times over the years in here. I still remember it with great fondness. And I think it still ages very well after all these years. It appears to be blocked off. But if you just click on the "Watch on YouTube" tab below, it will let you in.
It's called, "Thirteen or so Minutes (13 or so Minutes)"
It's called, "Thirteen or so Minutes (13 or so Minutes)"
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This guy is another one of my favorites to follow on YT. I enjoy watching him freak out Chinese people in Chinatown in NYC when he plays this clueless, cute little NY Jewish boy...and then all the sudden he starts speaking to them in fluent Mandarin. haha He's a real polyglot though. He's not just bilingual or trilingual. He is teaching himself Cantonese, Fuzhounese, Spanish, Arabic, native Mayan, some native languages of Africa... He's just all over the map learning new languages seemingly all the time.
He's married to a woman now but he has at least two gay friends that he pals around with alot in his videos. But here's one where just on a lark he decides to go see a chiropractor because his back is sore.
He's married to a woman now but he has at least two gay friends that he pals around with alot in his videos. But here's one where just on a lark he decides to go see a chiropractor because his back is sore.
I am not sure where to put this , if you can find this I suggest you watch. A combination of spirituality & sex, not at all what you may think.
https://gaybbtrans.com/?p=32618
https://gaybbtrans.com/?p=32618
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Drummer Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones backbone, dies at 80
I wanted to pay tribute to one of the founding member of The Rolling Stones passing.
https://apnews.com/article/rolling-stones-charlie-watts-died-c9551b21e2806b679bd0eeec0bb4ef2b
Drummer Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones backbone, dies at 80
By JILL LAWLESS and GREGORY KATZ
yesterday
LONDON (AP) — Charlie Watts, the self-effacing and unshakeable Rolling Stones drummer who helped anchor one of rock’s greatest rhythm sections and used his “day job” to support his enduring love of jazz, has died, according to his publicist. He was 80.
FILE - Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones arrives at the Phoenix Concert Theater in Toronto on Aug. 10, 2005. Watts' publicist, Bernard Doherty, said Watts passed away peacefully in a London hospital surrounded by his family on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. He was 80. (Aaron Harris/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Charlie Watts arrives at the Phoenix Concert Theater in Toronto on Aug. 10, 2005. (Aaron Harris/The Canadian Press via AP)
Bernard Doherty said Tuesday that Watts “passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family.”
“Charlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also as a member of The Rolling Stones one of the greatest drummers of his generation,” Doherty said.
Watts had announced he would not tour with the Stones in 2021 because of an undefined health issue.
The quiet, elegantly dressed Watts was often ranked with Keith Moon, Ginger Baker and a handful of others as a premier rock drummer, respected worldwide for his muscular, swinging style as the Stones rose from their scruffy beginnings to international superstardom. He joined the band early in 1963 and remained for nearly 60 years, ranked just behind Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as the group’s longest lasting and most essential member.
Watts stayed on, and largely held himself apart, through the drug abuse, creative clashes and ego wars that helped kill founding member Brian Jones, drove bassist Bill Wyman and Jones’ replacement Mick Taylor to quit and otherwise made being in the Stones a most exhausting job.
This is one of the Stones lesser regarded songs, but one that I always loved. From 1981. RIP Charlie....
I wanted to pay tribute to one of the founding member of The Rolling Stones passing.
https://apnews.com/article/rolling-stones-charlie-watts-died-c9551b21e2806b679bd0eeec0bb4ef2b
Drummer Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones backbone, dies at 80
By JILL LAWLESS and GREGORY KATZ
yesterday
LONDON (AP) — Charlie Watts, the self-effacing and unshakeable Rolling Stones drummer who helped anchor one of rock’s greatest rhythm sections and used his “day job” to support his enduring love of jazz, has died, according to his publicist. He was 80.
FILE - Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones arrives at the Phoenix Concert Theater in Toronto on Aug. 10, 2005. Watts' publicist, Bernard Doherty, said Watts passed away peacefully in a London hospital surrounded by his family on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. He was 80. (Aaron Harris/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Charlie Watts arrives at the Phoenix Concert Theater in Toronto on Aug. 10, 2005. (Aaron Harris/The Canadian Press via AP)
Bernard Doherty said Tuesday that Watts “passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family.”
“Charlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also as a member of The Rolling Stones one of the greatest drummers of his generation,” Doherty said.
Watts had announced he would not tour with the Stones in 2021 because of an undefined health issue.
The quiet, elegantly dressed Watts was often ranked with Keith Moon, Ginger Baker and a handful of others as a premier rock drummer, respected worldwide for his muscular, swinging style as the Stones rose from their scruffy beginnings to international superstardom. He joined the band early in 1963 and remained for nearly 60 years, ranked just behind Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as the group’s longest lasting and most essential member.
Watts stayed on, and largely held himself apart, through the drug abuse, creative clashes and ego wars that helped kill founding member Brian Jones, drove bassist Bill Wyman and Jones’ replacement Mick Taylor to quit and otherwise made being in the Stones a most exhausting job.
This is one of the Stones lesser regarded songs, but one that I always loved. From 1981. RIP Charlie....
